Parlor-door hanger



(No Model.)

' S. S'HREPFLER, Jr.

PARLOR 0011 HANGER. No. 281,308. Patented July 17, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

S AMUEL SHREFFLER, JR, OF J OLIET, ILLINOIS.

PARLOR-DOOR HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,308, dated July 17,1883.

Application filed Jannary20, 1883. (N0 model.)

T0 at. whom it may concern.-

Be'it known that I, SAMUEL SHREEELER, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at J oliet, in the county of Will and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and vuseful Improvements inParlor Door Hangers, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is aside elevation; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the upper endof the door having the hanger applied thereto; Fig. 3, a ver' ticalcross-section on line X ofFig. 1; Fig. 4, a perspective view of thelower end of one of the diagonal slides, a and Fig. 5 a perspective viewof the slide P.

This invention consists in the mode of adjusting the riderbar a of thedoor-hanger up or down, so as to cause the door 13 to hang plumb.

Referring to the drawings, B represents the door, having a rider-bar,(0, attached at each upper corner of the door, which rider-bars a rideupon the axle of the double tread-wheels o c on the tracks D D. Thelower parts of the rider-bars are provided with diagonal slides a awhich pass down through a metal plate, a, having suitable slots in it topermit the slides to pass down through, as shown particularly in Fig. 2.The metal plate a" passes over the corner of the door downward, as shownin said Fig. 2, to make it firm and furnish a seat for the set-screw sto turnin. The slide a of the rider-bar a is provided with lugs d, asshown particularly in Fig. 4, extending each way. I

The slide P (shown in perspective in Fig. 5) is placed immediatelybeneath the metal plate a, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, so its slot P willbe'directly beneath and correspond with the slot in plate a, throughwhich the slide a passes. The slide a 1 passes down through slot P ofthe slide P. This slide P is movable horizontally under the plate a" bymeans of the set-screw s, and as it moves, the lugs d on the slide aimpinge against the inclines P in the slide P. When the set-screw isturned it will draw the slide P toward the corner of the door,pullingthe inclines P upunder the lugs d, thereby elevating the door at thatcorner, as is obviousfrom the construction of the parts. When theset-screws is unscrewed, of course the slide P will move backward,permitting the lugs d to slide up the inclines P,

and thereby lower that corner of the door. It

is intended to furnish either corner of the door with these slides P, soeach corner may be elevated or lowered alike. The slide P slides inproper channels formed on the under side of the plate a, so they cannotbecome dis arranged. It is in the use of this slide P, in

connection with the lugs d on the slide a that this invention consists.

I am aware similar slides have been used on such a rider-bar, but nonehaving the lugs (1 arranged to operate with such a slide, P.

In order to prevent the rider-bar a from rubbing along against the innersides of the on the inner-sides next the rider-bar, instead of havingany flanges on the wheels. This is a much better construction thanflanges on the wheels, and keeps the rider-bar directly in the centerbetween the tracks, as shown in Fig. 3. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

In a parlor-door hanger, the combination of the slide P, having the slotP and inclines P, set-screw s, rider-bar a, plate a, and slide a havingthe lugs d, all adapted to, operate as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 17th day of January, 1883. i

SAMUEL SHREFFLER, JR.

Witnesses:

Tnos. H. Hn'ronnvs, WM. J. HUrcHINs.

